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For Pakistan, time to try India as a friend Print E-mail
Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:41
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By Adnan Rehmat

 

Is Pakistan set to implode in its exasperating persistence to define itself in only security terms vis-à-vis India as did the Soviet Union with the United States in a nuclear-shadowed Cold War that lasted 40 years, a numbing fear that consumed three generations, but ended in a barren inevitability 20 years ago of the former collapsing into 13 new countries?

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Gangs using children as sex workers, says NGO Print E-mail
Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:38
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By Saleem Shahid

 

Organised criminal gangs are using thousands of children as sex workers across the country, a workshop on children’s rights organised by the Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC) was informed on Friday.

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:41
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Is it really best if Greece goes bust? Print E-mail
Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:30
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By Ben Fox

 

The Greek debt crisis seems to be finally coming to a cathartic conclusion. That it has taken so long for Europe’s leaders to admit that Greece could not meet the punishing terms of its ‘bail-out’ conditions without further cash injections, or a re-profiling of its debt, is quite disgraceful.

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:37
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India making progress in fight against corruption Print E-mail
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 06:21
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By Barry Gardiner MP

 

Discussions continue today between United Progressive Alliance government ministers and civil society representatives about the creation of a new anti-graft or ‘Lokpal’ bill in New Delhi. The two sides look set to find a compromise this week on a bill which has stirred tension between the government and anti-corruption campaigners throughout 2011.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 06:25
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Language can unite Print E-mail
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 06:13
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By Zubeida Mustafa 

 

More than six decades after Partition, India and Pakistan continue to be locked in disputes which even take them to the brink of war. It is difficult to believe that people who had lived side by side for centuries now refuse to recognise the commonalities in their culture and languages. Against this backdrop comes a breath of fresh air in the form of a new book that focuses on social harmony rather than cultural discord.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 06:15
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